What Chance wants to be when he grows up

Chance is doing a writing program in school where he will be writing various articles for a newspaper. Today was the day he filled out his application for the job. He gets to choose if he writes sports stories, national news, or world events. In due time, he will write a story for each of these categories, but today, he had to apply for the job.

Chance had to answer various questions about himself....what is his name, where does he live and his phone number. He also had to write down the names of two people he knows who have done something interesting recently.

His answer to the question of "What does your mom do for work", was cute. He put down "favorite helper." I'll take that.

I was amused to read what Chance listed as the three things that he wanted to for a living. The question was actually asking what Chance wanted for compensation since he would not be getting any money for writing for a made up newspaper. Chance interpreted the question wrong since he didn't know what the word compensation means.

Chance put that he wanted to be a veterinarian. This could be a good career for Chance as we established when he cut his finger that he is not faint of heart when it comes to seeing blood and guts. Chance's finger required many stitches and when the doctor was sewing it back together, he actually took scissors and cut off pieces of fat that could not be squeezed back into the finger. I tried to distract Chance so that he would not sick out but it became apparent, that watching body parts being put back together did not phase Chance. Even if the body part was his own.
Chance also wanted to be a "rain forest animal autographer". I wasn't sure exactly what that was, but Chance was so serious about his choices that I tried to figure out what that could mean. Turns out, Chance meant "rain forest animal photographer." Sounds like an exciting career. Then his mother could come and visit him in exotic locations across the globe.

Chance's odds of getting hired for the job are pretty darn good considering that he did a great job on the application. We'll have to see just what kind of stories Chance conjures up over the next several weeks.